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<H1>MarvinSketch Graphical User Interface</H1>
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<P>The default layout of the MarvinSketch user interface is shown in the following picture.</P>
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    ALT="MarvinSketch Main Window" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=524 height="516" BORDER=0>
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It consists of the following primary components:</p>
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    <li><a href="gui/menubar.html">Menu Bar:</a> It is located at the top of the main frame, containing menu titles that describe the content of each menu.<br><br></li>
    <li>Canvas: This is the main area where chemical structures, queries and reactions are drawn.<br><br></li>
    <li><a href="gui/toolbars.html#general">General Toolbar:</a> This toolbar contains buttons for freqently used commands.<br><br></li>
    <li><a href="gui/toolbars.html#tools">Tools Toolbar:</a> Contains basic elements for stucture drawing like bond, chain, reaction arrow, graphics, etc.<br><br></li>
    <li><a href="gui/toolbars.html#atoms">Atoms Toolbar:</a> Location of the most freqent atom types and the <a href="gui/dialogs.html#periodic">Periodic System</a> button.<br><br></li>
    <li><a href="gui/toolbars.html#templates">Advanced Templates Toolbar:</a> This special toolbar is a container of structure templates. The templates are rotatable by pressing and holding down the left mouse button while dragging. <br><br></li>
    <li><a href="gui/statusbar.html">Status Bar:</a> Shows file status, contains navigation buttons and the dimension button.<br>
        The Status Bar appears at the bottom of the main frame, and unlike toolbars, it cannot be customized or moved.<br>
        Some buttons of the Status Bar appear dynamically when you invoke the corresponding command, like enabling multipage molecular documents.
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